Molly Fader - The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season review

I feel like my words are wholly inadequate and don't give this book justice. But I ADORED this book! I was completely enamored by the women in this family. Hope might have been down, but she didn't give up. She had herself and a daughter to fight for. Aunt Peg was a surprise, but someone she found she needed. I enjoyed seeing the dynamics between these family members. They all had a trauma of some sort they had to move past in their lives and it weighed heavy on them. But these were strong women (and lady)! I liked how Hope was trying to get away from something bad and The Orchard House offered her solace and time out. She was able to regroup and work on herself and Tink. Other people who cared about them was something they had never had before. This book was a time of growth, family and the strength within. I couldn't put this book down and Molly gave me ALL THE FEELS. I felt everything these characters went through and often found myself holding my breath, waiting. I can't recommend this book enough! Be sure not to let this book pass you by!

“A stunning story about family and hope that unfolds unexpectedly but beautifully, like a Michigan summer sunset over an orchard.” —Viola Shipman, bestselling author of The Heirloom Garden and The Summer Cottage

In cherry season, anything is possible…

Everything Hope knows about the Orchard House is from the stories of her late mother. So when she arrives at the northern Michigan family estate late one night with a terrible secret and her ten-year-old daughter in tow, she’s not sure if she’ll be welcomed or turned away with a shotgun by the aunt she has never met.


Hope’s aunt, Peg, has lived in the Orchard House all her life, though the property has seen better days. She agrees to take Hope in if, in exchange, Hope helps with the cherry harvest—not exactly Hope’s specialty, but she’s out of options. As Hope works the orchard alongside her aunt, daughter and a kind man she finds increasingly difficult to ignore, a new life begins to blossom. But the mistakes of the past are never far behind, and soon the women will find themselves fighting harder than ever for their family roots and for each other.